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Kodaikanal Resorts | Places to Stay in Kodaikanal
Kodaikanal has an endangered animal called the grizzled giant squirrel. To us, that alone is reason to book a trip ("grizzled giant squirrel" might be the best animal name ever). Perched on the woodsy southern crest of the Palani Hills, nearly 7,000 feet above sea level, this popular lakeside resort town is a magnet for nature lovers. Wander the peaceful slopes, keeping an eye out for birds, exotic flowers and, of course, grizzled giant squirrels.
Restaurants in Kodaikanal
1. Sterling Kodai Lake
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2791 reviews
Sterling Kodai Lake gives you a first hand opportunity to spend quality time at the star shaped Kodai lake which magnetically attracts tourists from far and wide destinations. The plush rooms, landscaped gardens and everything in between is designed to complement the English style villas that dot the quaint hill station.
Happy stay, memorable dosa ☺️
Reviewed By sivananthamnComfortable stay of 2 nights. Morning breakfast we liked very much. Mr Kathiravan especially made both mornings a delight with his skills of making podi dosai and other kinds of dosais. All of us enjoyed! The theme of family suite and the neighborhood was quite good, picturesque!
2. Great Trails Kodaikanal By GRT Hotels
Overall Ratings
5 based on 1423 reviews
Kodaikanal - The Gift of The Forest in Tamil Nadu has a long and adventurous history as a retreat and popular tourist destination. The GReaT Trails by GRT Hotels Kodaikanal is a paradise for seekers of harmony with nature. Set in a serene part of the hill station, the resort presents breath-taking sights of Kodai’s lush valleys. It is our endeavour to ensure every guest is spoilt with excellent amenities, efficient service and dining options. The The GReaT Trails by GRT Hotels Kodaikanal is a scenic 20 minute drive from the main Kodaikanal bus stand. Inspired by the British style of wooden architecture, the resort presents two stunning categories of cabins, a romantic restaurant overlooking the valley, a bar to relax, as well as an activity centre and amphitheatre. Speak to our events team to organise treks, outdoor activities, horseback rides etc.
Family Get together - cozy & comfort stay
Reviewed By Essaki588This is the 3rd visit of us to GRT kodai alone. The thing that attract us are friendly people, comfy stay, hospitality, great location. We suggest all our friends and family to visit here at least once to enjoy the ambience.
3. Sterling Kodai Valley
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1883 reviews
Overlooking the plush green valley and neat terraced gardens appears the most unusual architecture – an entire hotel in the shape of a ship, a leaf-shaped accommodation block, a lotus-shaped business block, and an array of dome-shaped rooms. Welcome to Sterling Kodai Valley, a resort where you fall in love with nature all over again.
Discovery centre activities...
Reviewed By sanjaysomani23The best place to enjoy .. We enjoyed alot ..Daily a new game and so creative and interesting.. First Day we had housie game coundected by "Daniel" and it was marvelous.. Next day "Pawan & Ajay" conducted family fun game and it was awesome and so creative , ase I enjoyed so much and I won and I got gifts also , I loved that most , in that I got biliard and I loved to play that , billiard taught by Daniel sir , so sweet of him .. And last day I had DJ night by Pawan & Ajay sir , we entire family loved it.. Really it was so good and best trip ever in my life.. Best services by " Daniel , Pawan & Ajay " sir ... Thank u to all the team... We are pleasure to choose Sterling...?
4. Hotel Kodai International
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1011 reviews
Hotel Kodai International offers luxury hotel stay in Kodaikanal, South India like hospitality, orderliness, efficient maintenance and luxury. Hotel Kodai International is sure to offer you a memorable stay at Kodaikanal, South India.
Friends Reunion
Reviewed By cngopuIt was our batch mates reunion after 40 years. We stayed for two nights. It was a nice experience and we all enjoyed with our families and friends. The rooms are all neat and clean. Hats off to the house keeping staff. In fact all the staff were friendly. Also the food was excellent.
5. Holiday Home Resort
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 351 reviews
Being a hill station resort, we keep in mind that most of our customers visit and stay with us for the sole purpose of unwinding from the hectic schedule of the city. We ensure that the guests staying with us enjoy perfect peace and serenity. Also being spread across a total land area of 14 acres, we are positive that our valued guests experience a true piece of nature while with us.
The best relaxing and rejuvenating place
Reviewed By O4622HZbalamIt is a home away from home. It is the best relaxing and rejuvenating place with a wonderful location and a outstanding courteous team to make sure we are comfortable and taken care of. A big thank you to Mr.Arulprakash & team who are working tirelessly to make sure every guest is feeling at home. Keep continuing your hard work. Best Wishes, Bala
6. Lilly's Valley Resort
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 946 reviews
Lilly’s Valley is a uniquely beautiful resort set amid terraced gardens on three acres of wooded land, ringed by towering eucalyptus trees. Its 21 traditional stone cottages are constructed in the colonial British style, with handcrafted woodwork details throughout. It is the rare resort with an eco-focus and no concrete structures: even the furniture is lovingly made by hand by talented craftsmen! Built in 1982, Lilly’s Valley was the first resort in Kodaikanal. Our stone-and-wood cottages, both free-standing and attached, can accommodate couples, small and large family groups, students, and corporate groups. We are located in a quiet suburban neighborhood exactly 2 km from the center of town and the lake. With a short taxi ride or 15-minute walk, you’ll be in the heart of shopping, boating, horse-riding, roller-skating and other tourist attractions. Our style is low-key and customized to you: you can order simple, tasty Western and South Indian dishes from the kitchen, and hold gatherings in the garden gazebo with your own music and programs. We’ll even arrange a cozy night bonfire! We have special rates for long-term stays of one week or more, up to a 50% discount. Discounts are also available for weekdays. Many repeat customers, both Indian and foreign, have been coming here for decades, drawn back by the beauty, peacefulness, and cozy cottages. One Italian child born in one of our cottages returned 25 years later with her husband to stay in the same cottage!
One of the best place for relaxation !!!!
Reviewed By 185jananimIt's a wonderful place to relax and spend more time with friends and family.. ?.. breakfast was too good.. really had a very nice and memorable time ? service was too good.. everything was comfortable there.. satisfied and I wld recommend this to everyone ..?
7. Hill Country Kodaikanal
Overall Ratings
4 based on 450 reviews
Step into a world of timeless charm at the Hill Country Holiday Resort, Kodaikanal. Indulge in a luxurious escape to this exquisite 5 acre, country-style retreat set amidst lush greenery, with a breathtaking view of the breathtaking Palani Hills. Prepare to be inspired and don't forget to pack your cameras! Delight in our pampering facilities and traditional Ayurvedic Wellness Center and Spa. Flexible when it comes to offering comprehensive variety of tours and tailor made packages. From adventure to romantic getaways, M.I.C.E (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions) or just some quality time away with the family, you'll find everything you need right here at Hill Country Kodaikanal.
Third class hotel in a cool "jhopadpatti" called Kodaikanal
Reviewed By Rahul ODear Sir, My family: Rahul Oturkar – Room 301, 302 My friend's family: Mililnd Shewale – Room S6, S8. stayed in hill country resorts Kodaikanal from 29.05.2022 to 01.06.2022. I would like to provide feedback to you on our stay: 1. Where is your reception? After our cars arrived at the resort, we had to struggle to find the front desk because nobody was there at the arrival front gate of the resort. How can you have your front desk deep inside somewhere, very difficult to find, no person or sign boards to guide guests to the reception. 2. Unpleasant/rude/arrogant behaviour of reception person We had paid over Rs. 80000 in advance for our stay. Many people may be paying more than this. We were two families requiring 4 rooms nearby each other, but that does not mean your receptionist should humiliate us by saying “sir, you booked standard room sir. You will get the room which is available” As if we are beggars to book a standard room and to get a better treatment we should have booked a high end room. 3. Common sense a. Any person (barring local people) arriving in your resort could arrive only in afternoon after a long drive either from Coimbatore of Madurai or nearby hill station Munnar, anybody would expect good nice food. We could get just snacks because restaurant was closed. That is also fine but the person in the restaurant was in so hurry that before we could say what we wanted, he was assuming what we wanted and was writing the same. When we said, not this but this dish, there was a visible irritation on his face. He thought we should order what he wanted to serve not what we wanted. b. All the service providers in the restaurant were sleepy at all times looking tired, waiting for customer to finish and go. Customers come to you for relaxing and eat leisurely not to hurry. c. We were in total 8 people. Common sense says, that 8 glasses of water should be provided. Everytime, we had to tell your people because on a table of 8, there were only 2 glasses. Even after telling they provided repeatedly 1 glass less and we had to remind again to provide the last glass. d. No table was anytime ready with cutlery, salt, black pepper, butter, sugar bags, etc… These are required by each customer everytime he sits to eat breakfast. Each time when we asked for salt, it came in big bowl which generally is used for cornflakes and milk. Who will require salt in such high quantity? e. Grilled bread slices were kept in a container which is used to keep sambar or other things warm. The bread slices became like rubber due to the steam. Your people don’t have common sense that bread toast can be made and eaten fresh so that bread remains crispy. Instead they keep rubbery bread toast and forget the essential cutlery on table. A complete lack of common sense. f. Buffet dinner is the most convenient way of dining in any restaurant attached to a resort. Your people served the buffet only on 29th May. 30th and 31st May, we had to order ala-carte where the captain messed up everything. He is always in a hurry to write the order before we actually said what we wanted to order. If we asked do you have sambar rice, he would say yes and before we could say anything he would just write down that. Finally we had to tell him, “boss, wait….. let us confirm”. And he would get annoyed. Does your restaurant have a rule “if you ask if sambar rice is available, you have to order it”. Is there such rule? g. Quality of food particularly the sandwiches were very bad. Each sandwich had two slices of cucumber and two slices of tomato. No green chutney, no butter, no tomato ketchup on bread slices. Is this the way you make sandwich? Overall, I rate common sense of your staff as a BIG ZERO. 4. Room service/Houskeeping a. No towels were provided in S6 and S8 rooms. Mr. Milind Shewale had to call many times to get the towels b. Room no. 302 was not provided with cup for making coffee and glass for drinking water. After reminding several times and informing about the bad service, cups were provided on 31.05.2022 evening. Very very bad service. c. How to call other rooms from one room? No information written on the phone. If a group checks in (like we did) how do we know how to call to other rooms? d. Sufficient amount of coffee, tea and sugar bags were not provided. When you charge so high, what is the problem in providing few extra bags? e. Tata Sky satellite tv was not fully recharged. Channel which could be seen in one room was not available in other room and vice-versa. Many desirable very common news channels, movie channels were not subscribed. Can’t you spend the small amount of subscription (may be Rs. 1000 per month) when you charge Rs. 6000 per day? Why do you behave like “kanjus”? 5. No mobile signal/No Wifi a. I have never seen any hotel in past 15 years which don’t have wifi. b. Your hotel is different. You have wifi only in reception. c. When there is no mobile signal in any of rooms of your resort, why don’t you provide a strong wifi in every room? For what do you charge Rs. 6000 per night? Can you afford even a wifi? d. If all people who stay in resort come to reception for wifi, can your reception accommodate so many people? e. Can’t your hotel or resort lobby work with prominent mobile companies to get a tower fixed on one of the mountains to get a clear mobile signal? 6. Games room a. The table tennis table net was broken, the rackets were broken, tennis balls were of low grade, the books were in locked condition, the magazines were from year 2013. b. Do you read 9 year old magazines? c. We were told you have a snooker table at time of checkin, we did not find it and when enquired at reception, he said, “we don’t have”. False promises made. d. Other board games did not have the tools to play. Dice had numbers erased, snake ladder game had no coins, etc… Only game working properly was carrom which only 4 people can play. What should rest people do? 7. Check out a. We already informed reception on 31.05.2022 evening that we will check out on 01.06.2022 early morning 6.15am. b. Accordingly we reached reception at 6.05am, paid the bills for food. c. Receptionist present at that time informed staff to take the luggage to the car immediate at 6.10am. After this the luggage came at 6.45am. The reason for delay was that the staff was “checking the room”. What is there to check in the room? What is there to steal from your room? Do you think we will steak something? We will steal towels or bedsheets? d. Ultimately I carried by big bag to the vehicle because I had to reach Madurai airport. e. Other luggage still came at 6.45. Total waste of time. Your restaurant people are in a hurry that we eat and go fast, but your other staff is so relaxing that they do each work very very reluctantly. Because I am used to stay in various hotels in India and abroad, I thought your resort was just a third grade hotel with a simple room, some hot water, no television, no good service, no mobile signal, no wifi, no good restaurant, no good supporting and friendly staff; actually the staff keeps waiting for tip money after they bought towels, cups, water and carrying luggage. I have clicked some pictures of room 301 and 302 where there was no cleaning done, lot of dust was there. Some pictures where you have light on television and not on mirror. Zero common sense. Hill country resort Kodai has only advantage: cool climate. Otherwise there nothing great about your resort. Just another hotel with cool climate. Hire some good staff who has experience in “hospitality”. I have pledged, I will never visit Kodai, or Ooty because it’s a cold “jhopadpatti” with narrow roads, bad roads, too many cars, too much smell of diesel and kerosene mix, too much crowded, too many traffic jams, bad hotels like hill country and car drivers who just want money and not give service. Totally disappointed.
8. La Flora Highland Paradise Resort
Overall Ratings
4 based on 206 reviews
If you are in Highland Shoreline, You can experience, how it feels to dream with your eyes open. A Swimming pool with island style chatting hut centered in lushy grass bushy surroundings. It is perched cozily in the laps of Mother Nature and amongst a picturesque backdrop. Our Resort is a peaceful destination far away from the hustle bustle of the city, yet close enough to be visited easily.
Pathetic and dirty
Reviewed By PravTripsHad not seen a single happy customer, almost everyone complaining and fighting at the reception all time. They dont care about customer service but only of minting money by other taxi services and dinner. The Room telephones are not working, older cupboards, old CRT TVs (bad to watch after used to latest LED/LCD TVs), no towels, dirty pillow covers, for any request at the desk they will just say will send room service, but no one had got any room service. Breakfast starts at 8:30am but bread or tea will be provided late, For breakfast they provide two items ony Idli is good, upma is bad. Road from the tar road to the hotel is narrower and if any yellow board taxi enters they never go back even if its of 1 meter but others had to go back for 100+ meters. Avoid it otherwise will regret later.
9. Country Club Valley Vista
Overall Ratings
4 based on 476 reviews
Built overlooking the charming pine valleys of the Palani Hill range, Country Club India Kodaikanal resort is a perfect getaway destination for a delightful family holiday in a cool, quiet and relaxing South Indian hill station. Set amid lush green pine trees and for most part of the day, covered in a thin layer of mist, this resort provides breathtaking views of magnificent valleys and landscapes. Built on lines of a summer resort, Country Club India resort in Kodaikanal offers wide range of holiday packages, leisure facilities and clubbing and entertainment options. To provide optimum views of splendid surroundings to every guest, Country Club India in Kodaikanal resort has built every room overlooking the valleys and each of 50 rooms is fixed with wide panorama windows that offer undisturbed views of surrounding pine valleys. Further, the bar and multi-cuisine restaurant is also designed to provide finest views of nature surrounding the resort. The Country Club India Kodaikanal resort offers experienced guides for trekking in and around Kodiakanal, offers local sightseeing tours, assists in airport transfers, offers tips on shopping chocolates, spices and herbal oils and on request, arranges for barbeque and bonfires. Apart from regular holiday packages, various national and international holidays are celebrated as part of the Country Club India entertainment event package. New Year celebrations, Holi festival events, Diwali firecracker display, Sankranti festival celebrations, Darlings Dayout, Valentine’s Day celebrations are some of the entertainment events organized regularly at the resort.
A perfect resort for a quiet, peaceful and a relaxed stay.
Reviewed By Veepy5One of the best properties of country club in india. Located in a picturesque and quiet place, valley vista is perfect for the laid back and relaxed holiday weekend. The rooms are spacious and well laid out. The staff is very courteous and service is impeccable. Ample parking space as well. The only negative is the short drive path which leads to the resort is a slightly broken road... so low floor vehicles need to be a bit careful while traversing it.
10. Elephant Valley Eco Farm Hotel
Overall Ratings
4 based on 207 reviews
Elephant valley is the last settlement on the border of the National Forest which extends into wildlife sanctuaries of Kerala. It is uniquely situated on an elephant migration route that is centuries old. This land and the rivers we share with local people blessed with prestigious vegetal and animal species including: native birds, leopards, deer, bison and elephants. Its remoteness allowed it to escape the ravages of 'modern' chemical agriculture.
In the heart of Nature!
Reviewed By Jyo_Chane123Elephant Valley Resort is true to its name! Nestled amidst the flora and fauna of Kodaikanal is this beautiful resort where you are closest to the nature. Avocado trees, pepper & coffee plantations, fig trees, fresh water stream, breathtaking views of the misty mountain peaks….. you name it and it is all there. Waking up each morning to the chirping of the birds is an icing on the cake. The wooden log cabins are aesthetically designed and well maintained. Breakfast spread and all other meals are delectable and organically sourced. Mani, Subbu and his team ensured we had a wonderful stay. A BIG THANK YOU to the team at Elephant Valley Resort.
